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LOT 1459
Western Asiatic Silver Buckle Group
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 1 3/8 in. (21.48 grams total, 32-34 mm).
Each a kidney-shaped loop and a D-shaped buckle plate, one pierced to accept rivets and the other with pierced lugs to the underside. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 1459
Western Asiatic Silver Buckle Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Glazed Terracotta Fertility Figure
Late 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
Modelled in the half-round; D-shaped in section with applied black pigment detailing to hair and midriff; some iridescence. 23.2 grams, 92 mm
Ex private collection, London, UK, 1969-1999. -
Persian Framed Watercolour Painting Group
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Framed and glazed and displaying polychrome figural scenes bordered by flowering plants and panels of script: one depicting a tea(?) ceremony set in a landscape featuring blossoming trees and birds; a prince or other figure seated on a bolster, in a landscape featuring a brook and blossoming trees, surrounded by attendants. 932 grams total, 31 x 21.5 cm each
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
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Western Asiatic Engraved Carnelian Calligraphic Intaglio
Late 19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
An oval intaglio with a two-line inscription and floral motifs; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.85 grams, 16 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London.
